"collarless" meaning in English

See collarless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-collarless.wav [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree English collar Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English collarless From collar + -less. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|collar|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English collar Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English collarless [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*lewHs-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*leusaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "collarless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="collarless"> From collar + -less. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} collarless (not comparable)
  1. Of a garment, having no collar. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-collarless-en-adj-MR1zGhKc Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Clothing Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 39 25 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 23 33 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 39 25 36 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 73 11 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 15 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 74 10 16 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 74 10 15 Disambiguation of Clothing: 75 11 14
  2. (obsolete) Of a man, not wearing a detachable collar. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-collarless-en-adj-UvbkBNQc Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 39 25 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 39 25 36
  3. Of a dog, not wearing a dog collar. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-collarless-en-adj-iianCgQr Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 39 25 37 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 42 22 36 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 39 25 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: collarlessness
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